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Train the Trainer Course book - Cochrane Public Health Group

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F) WITHDRAWALS AND DROP-OUTS<br />

Q1 Indicate <strong>the</strong> percentage of participants completing <strong>the</strong> study.<br />

The percentage of participants that completed <strong>the</strong> study. %<br />

The study was directed at a group of people in a specific geographical Not Applicable<br />

area, city, province, broadcast audience, where <strong>the</strong> percentage of<br />

participants completing, withdrawing or dropping-out of <strong>the</strong> study is not<br />

known, eg. mass media intervention.<br />

The authors did not report on how many participants<br />

Not Reported<br />

completed, withdrew or dropped-out of <strong>the</strong> study.<br />

G) ANALYSIS<br />

If you have questions about analysis, contact your review group leader.<br />

Q1. The components of a recognized formula are present. There’s a citation for <strong>the</strong> formula<br />

used.<br />

Q2. The appropriate statistically significant difference between groups needs to be<br />

determined by <strong>the</strong> review group before <strong>the</strong> review begins.<br />

Q3. The review group leader needs to think about how much <strong>the</strong> study has violated <strong>the</strong><br />

underlying assumptions of parametric analysis?<br />

Q5. Whe<strong>the</strong>r intention to treat or reasonably high response rate (may need to clarify<br />

within <strong>the</strong> review group).<br />

H) INTERVENTION INTEGRITY<br />

Q1<br />

What percentage of participants received <strong>the</strong> allocated intervention or exposure of<br />

interest?<br />

The number of participants receiving <strong>the</strong> intended intervention is noted.<br />

For example, <strong>the</strong> authors may have reported that at least 80% of <strong>the</strong><br />

participants received <strong>the</strong> complete intervention.<br />

describe<br />

describe<br />

Not Applicable<br />

Not Reported<br />

Not applicable<br />

Q2<br />

Was <strong>the</strong> consistency of <strong>the</strong> intervention measured?<br />

The authors should describe a method of measuring if <strong>the</strong> intervention was<br />

provided to all participants <strong>the</strong> same way.<br />

describe<br />

Yes<br />

describe<br />

describe<br />

No<br />

Not reported<br />

Q3<br />

Is it likely that subjects received an unintended intervention (contamination or<br />

cointervention) that may influence <strong>the</strong> results?<br />

87

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